SD-06 · Chapter 12 · System Design (Open-Ended)
Sizing a mixed sensor hub
A sensor hub mixes a slow environmental sensor, a high-rate vibration sensor, a multichannel precision ADC and a small thermal imager. Declare reasonable rates and resolutions, then size the interfaces, the hub and its uplink.
| Level | ●● onsite technical |
| Track | Senior system |
| Really testing | Turning requirements into bandwidth. |
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